Heerhorst - Meltdown Ep
It's May which means that it's getting hotter. But at Jannowitz Records it's not hot anymore. It is boiling! Reason for this rising temperature is our newest find, in our opinion an uber producer going by the name of Heerhorst. This fine young man is no stranger in the German club scene. You'll find him playing DJ sets in most metropoles here. And when Bastian, which is his actual name, is not out there behind the decks - he produces for labels such as Stil vor Talent, Octopus or Tronic - no big deal, wink!
For us, Heerhorst sat down and worked on a debut EP. Yes, you're seeing this right. We're not introducing him with a remix as usual. Heerhorst deserves the full-on support with an entire release. His “Meltdown” EP consists of three originals - meaning there is only one remix on this EP. There is just so much high quality music coming out of Heerhorst, not much remixing needed.
But before we get to the music itself, there is another special occasion that we'd like to highlight: Tattoo Paul Talbot is one of our favourite designers. For this release, he made a very special cover that goes perfectly with the Jannowitz style. If you haven't done it already: Check Paul out!
Ok, now to the business: “Meltdown” is one hell of a track. It's melodic, it's straight forward, it's dark - it is everything Jannowitz Records stands for - but produced in such a fine fashion that the track gets better and better the more you listen to it. Same with the percussive “Vex” - the second track on this EP. It's a slower, hi-hat driven track that climaxes in a seemingly endless drumroll right before that groovy drop.
It is the silent moments that make Heerhorst's tracks as unique as they are. The third original “Moto”. Is the perfect example of that. It's a heavy techno track that works perfectly for peak time DJ sets. It bursts of details and little bits and pieces. But its highlight is the violin melody rising up in the middle of the break, giving the track almost a gentle touch before it vanishes into a dark rolling kick drum.
It's this high energy that surrounds all of the tracks on this EP that let us choose a whole different style for the remix. We're super happy that Olivier Weiter said yes when we asked him to work on “Meltdown”. His version is softer but without losing its drive. He used a deeper kick making it ready for open air season and those amazing festivals that we are all waiting for.
SUPPORT FROM: Sinisa Tamamovic, Richie Hawtin, Liho, Flokati, HIGHJACKS, Nick Shak, Sascha Krohn, Steve, Ranj Kaler, Damian Duda, Huggie, Martin Kremser, Alex Nemec, Raffaele Rizzi, Moe Danger, Sergio Matina, Cheets / Rob, Global Dance Session, simone tavazzi, AlBird, Sven Sossong, Elmar Strathe, Weska, Tony Verdi, Bigasti, SMALL, Ed-Liner, Jade, A.D.H.S., Dr. Motte, Pedro Mercado, pleasurekraft, Kristian Heikkila, Nonnus, ANIMAL PRINT (KOMPAKT, SYSTEMATIC), Antonio Grassia, marco carola , Maxon, Radio Globo, Demian Moreno, coppola, Deep House Belgium, danilo d'andrea, Michael, differentgrooves.com, Salah Sadeq, Eddie Halliwell, lou madhu, Jay-x, Dhyan Droik, King Unique, Leevey, Phuture Traxx, Stiv Hey, JULIAN BRAND, Markantonio, WARSE, Dustin Holtsberry, Randy Seidman, Jean-Jerome, Rabo, Stas Drive, Pablo Prado, Francesco mon, Riva Starr, luigi madonna, Hristian Stojanowski, Hypnotised, Heerhorst, Mudman, Barber (@BarberAudio), Frederic Stunkel, Jackie Mayden, highestpoint, Dan Francisco, Cristian Varela, Mr. Bizz, ben coda, Darin Epsilon, Casualties Of Sound, Gianni Ruocco, miss melera, Brian Gros, Sunil, adamkdj, romylos, Ilario Alicante, Dr.Best (Radio Z 95.8 Nuernberg), Timmy, Denny S (Zwischenmiete), Dylan Deck, Warmfm, Bellamy, BOHO, steve parry, MNLR, ANIMAL PICNIC, Davide , Anderson Noise, Soul Button, Sasha Carassi, Dilee D,
The story began during a dimmed night very close to dark and purling Spree river in Berlin – directly under the legendary and well known Jannowitz brigde, which connects the southern Luisenstadt (Berlin-Friedrichshain) with Stralauer Viertel (Alexanderstraße) in the north. Right under the brick crafted bridge, Lars Kohl and Linus Elter had the very first spark of an idea, which they implemented to hundreds of technolovers within short time: rearrange your boarders and be authentic! Since that day, individuality and personality are in the focus of the productions of all labelacts – counting international names such as Khainz, Cosmic Boys, Carlo Ruetz, Matt Sassari, Betoko, Makism Dark or a row of brasilian superstars like Alex Stein, Fractall, Flow & Zeo, Eudi and Andre Gazolla in. It’s a continuous process and change, who is driving the Jannowitz family to new dimensions. The inner circle of the imprint raises regularly as a phoenix out of the masses, always in focus, not to lose all connections to mainstream landscapes. Our motto: „We develop groovy techno with a special touch of melodic & minimal madness“ and yes, that’s why we are Jannowitz Records! The label has received some amazing support from techno pioneers like: Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Dubfire, Laurent Garnier, Chris Liebing, Alex Stein, Marco Carola and many more.... And dropped some nice Beatport chart hits.